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Halloween Collection

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Background imageHalloween Collection: Witches of Boscastle MF99_0729_00006

Witches of Boscastle MF99_0729_00006
Witches of Boscastle painted sign

Background imageHalloween Collection: Solar eclipse DP168678

Solar eclipse DP168678
Little Germany, Peckover St, Little Germany, Bradford. West Yorkshire. Taken during solar eclipse

Background imageHalloween Collection: Pumpkins and squashes DP086928

Pumpkins and squashes DP086928
Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex. Autumn in the gardens. Vine house ornamental squashes and pumpkins

Background imageHalloween Collection: Ribera - La Carcasse N070544

Ribera - La Carcasse N070544
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " La Carcasse: a Witch being drawn on the skeleton of a monster" signed by Jusepe de RIBERA, Lo Spangoletto (1591-1652). Spanish Royal Collection

Background imageHalloween Collection: Sleeping angel statue, Highgate Cemetery a073906

Sleeping angel statue, Highgate Cemetery a073906
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, Greater London. A statue of a sleeping angel. Photographed by John Gay, 1970 s

Background imageHalloween Collection: Witches Elm CC73_00158

Witches Elm CC73_00158
The Witches Elm, North Hinksey, Oxfordshire. Ancient and gnarled or hollow trees are often said to have mystical powers, perhaps holding the spirit of a witch trapped beneath their roots

Background imageHalloween Collection: Avebury Stone Circle a083102

Avebury Stone Circle a083102
Avebury, Wiltshire. Standing stones in the south-east sector of Avebury stone circle, showing the Devils Chair in the foreground. Photographed by John Gay (date uncertain)

Background imageHalloween Collection: Devils Water BB98_06019

Devils Water BB98_06019
Devils Water, Corbridge. Swallowship, Hexham, Northumberland. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Sons 1900

Background imageHalloween Collection: Skull and poison bottles DP134420

Skull and poison bottles DP134420
St Thomas Church, St Thomas Street, Southwark, Greater London. Interior of the Herb Garrett and Old Operating Theatre Museum

Background imageHalloween Collection: Highgate Cemetery a073625

Highgate Cemetery a073625
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. Gravestones and tombs standing in the mist in the West Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay in 1981

Background imageHalloween Collection: Highgate Cemetery a074640

Highgate Cemetery a074640
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, London. A tree covered path and grave stones. Photographed by John Gay in the early 1980s

Background imageHalloween Collection: Highgate Cemetery a073599

Highgate Cemetery a073599
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Swains Lane, Highgate, Hampstead, London. The ivy covered face of a statue on a tomb in the West Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay during the early 1980s

Background imageHalloween Collection: The Devils Frying Pan BB98_02002

The Devils Frying Pan BB98_02002
The Devils Frying Pan, Cadgwith Cove, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Sons 1896-1920

Background imageHalloween Collection: Devils Bellows a97_07628

Devils Bellows a97_07628
DEVILS BELLOWS, Kynance Cove, Mullion, Cornwall. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Sons in 1907

Background imageHalloween Collection: Devils Arrows a045765

Devils Arrows a045765
Devils Arrows, Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire. Monolith in the field

Background imageHalloween Collection: The Ghost Train DP044933

The Ghost Train DP044933
The Ghost Train Public House, Widham, Purton, Wiltshire. Photographed in 2008

Background imageHalloween Collection: Three genii DP143592

Three genii DP143592
Housesteads Fort, Hadrianas Wall, Northumberland. This relief of three agenii cucullatia (hooded deities) was discovered in a domestic shrine in the civilian settlement outside the fort

Background imageHalloween Collection: Moonrise over a lake DP041660

Moonrise over a lake DP041660
Battle Abbey, Sussex. Moonrise over the lake

Background imageHalloween Collection: The Kings Men CC72_02440

The Kings Men CC72_02440
The Kings Men, Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire. Two women in Edwardian dress near the largest stone in the circle. Legend states that the monument was formed when a king

Background imageHalloween Collection: Devils Quoit CC72_02480

Devils Quoit CC72_02480
The Devils Quoit, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire. Henry Taunt stands by the Devils Quoit no 1 showing the scale of this massive standing stone

Background imageHalloween Collection: Devil DP087997

Devil DP087997
Bankfield Museum, Halifax. Entrance lobby detail of painted devil

Background imageHalloween Collection: Devils Humps DP097987

Devils Humps DP097987
Devils Humps, Kingly Vale Nature Reserve, near Stoughton, West Sussex. A group of prehistoric barrows surviving as substantial earthworks

Background imageHalloween Collection: Devil DP148402

Devil DP148402
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Rowington Close, London. Crypt, detail of stained glass window showing the devil

Background imageHalloween Collection: Crypt CC51_00453

Crypt CC51_00453
St Peter in the East Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire. The Norman crypt interior (c.1130-40), showing the groin vaults and five bays with decoratively carved captials including foliage and figures

Background imageHalloween Collection: Crypt Hythe Church AL0196_007_02

Crypt Hythe Church AL0196_007_02
St Leonards Church, Hythe, Kent. This image shows the ossuary, or bone store, in the vaulted ambulatory beneath the chancel of St Leonards Church

Background imageHalloween Collection: Highgate Cemetery a074756

Highgate Cemetery a074756
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. Statue of a child angel with missing arm in the East Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay, October 1987

Background imageHalloween Collection: Highgate Cemetery a074548

Highgate Cemetery a074548
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. View through shrubbery towards the pedestal tomb of Frank Holl in the West Cemetery

Background imageHalloween Collection: Highgate Cemetery a074510

Highgate Cemetery a074510
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. Statue of a young woman holding a cross carved in the form of a tree, marks the grave of Emily Marianne Wilson, hidden amongst the woodland of the West Cemetery

Background imageHalloween Collection: Highgate Cemetery a074602

Highgate Cemetery a074602
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, East Cemetery, Swains Lane, Highgate, Hampstead, Greater London. Looking between the slender trunks of three ash trees growing amongst the gravestones of the East Cemetery

Background imageHalloween Collection: Castlerigg Stone Circle N090042

Castlerigg Stone Circle N090042
CASTLERIGG STONE CIRCLE, Cumbria. Illuminated view of the stones

Background imageHalloween Collection: Tomb stones a074598

Tomb stones a074598
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, London. A leaning Celtic cross beside a gothic headstone dedicated to James Coward in the East Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1970-1999

Background imageHalloween Collection: Castlerigg Stone Circle a080444

Castlerigg Stone Circle a080444
CASTLERIGG STONE CIRCLE, St Johns Castlerigg, Cumbria. A view of some of the standing stones that make up Castlerigg Stone Circle

Background imageHalloween Collection: Halloween pumpkin N060892

Halloween pumpkin N060892
MIDDLEHAM CASTLE, North Yorkshire. Interior of the castle. Halloween pumpkin

Background imageHalloween Collection: Arbor Low Stone Circle K060169

Arbor Low Stone Circle K060169
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE, Derbyshire. Detailed view of the neolithic monument showing the Derbyshire Dales in the background

Background imageHalloween Collection: Nine Ladies Stone Circle K031047

Nine Ladies Stone Circle K031047
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE, Stanton Moor, Peak District, Derbyshire. View of the early bronze age stone circle, 15 metres across. Said to be the petrified remains of women who danced on a Sunday

Background imageHalloween Collection: Long Meg and her Daughters K031169

Long Meg and her Daughters K031169
LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS, Cumbria. A Bronze Age circle said to be a coven of witches which were petrified by a Scottish wizard



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